Brunswick Palace ( or ''Braunschweiger Residenzschloss'') on the ''Bohlweg'' in the centre of the city of Brunswick (), was the residence of the Brunswick dukes from 1753 to 8 November 1918.

History

Work on the first building was begun in 1718 under the direction of Hermann Korb. After the building burned down in 1830, a second palace was built by Carl Theodor Ottmer, being completed in 1841. It was completely demolished in 1960 at the direction of the city council because of the heavy damage that it had suffered in air raids during the

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/ref> The Palace Park () was laid out on the resulting waste ground, which was completely removed in the spring of 2005 after another resolution of the city council in 2004 to erect a large shopping centre, the so-called (Palace Arcades), and by spring 2007, the land that had been cleared. Its western facade was to consist of a faithful reconstruction of the facade of Ottmer's palace. The building was opened to the public on 6 May 2007.

Distinctions

* 2009: Peter Joseph Krahe PrizeBraunschweig Report, Ausgabe 45, 4 November 2009, page 3

Gallery

Sources

* Bernd Wedemeyer: 2. Aufl., Braunschweig 1993

References

External links

Photo gallery of the construction of the Palace Arcades in Brunswick
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Buildings and structures in Germany destroyed during World War II